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On World Humanitarian Day, we remember our colleagues who have been killed while working to help others. In 2011, 308 humanitarian workers were killed, injured or kidnapped. Most of them were local staff, and most of them were targeted because of their work.
This year, we are marking World Humanitarian...

Menstruation is not a word commonly associated with the humanitarian agenda, nor is it a subject many Somalis would be comfortable discussing in public. But Somali aid worker Amina Hagi Elmi is a tireless advocate for hundreds of thousands of displaced Somalia women, ensuring that they have access to...

Under the shade of a Nima tree
Under the heat of the midday sun and the shade of a tall Nima tree, Kennedy Monoja greets each patient with a warm smile as they queue to see him. Before the day is out, he will have made some 80 diagnoses. Kennedy Stevenson Monoja is a South Sudanese Clinical Officer...

The Abyan Governorate in south Yemen has huge tourist and agricultural potential, with a 300km coastline that, according to the Government’s tourism department, yields fish of the finest quality. But Abyan is also the scene of a humanitarian crisis brought on by a stagnating economy, exacerbated by...

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, expressed concern today after meeting displaced people in the Zaheria district of Damascus, at the start of a three-day visit to Syria and Lebanon.
“The people I met today told me they need clean water,...